Things to check before buying used car
By carwanted2011 •
Hello Friends,
I am planning to buy a used car. I do not have experience as what to check before buying a car. Can you please advise what things I am supposed to check before buying the car and how to make sure the engine condition?
Thank you very much for your advise.
If you are thinking about purchasing a used car, you know how confusing it can be. I would suggest you to try to get as much information as you can from reviews, from your near ones and compare options. Always ask the seller for the Registration papers. And the most important is never buy a car without test driving is yourself.
Where can I find the german garage where the vehicle testing is done? Please give me the address of any car servicing centre where the complete testing is done.
Lots of things to check in buying used car, better bring a trusted mechanic with you, under carriage noise is easier to resolve than unusual engine noise so becareful, if you want to check combustion efficiency of a car, check the tail pipe, it must have no oil, and in the morning when you start up the engine for the 1st time, if water condenses out of the tailpipe they say this is a good sign as to engine combustion, i'm sure there are lot of other things you should check, so research as well...
and don't ever ask a guy to check his "dicky" out.. or open his "dicky". You'll be arrested.
For others - We indians use the word "dicky" for the trunk/boot of the car.
Your first recommendation is to not to buy used cars???? garages can stop unwanted noises!!!! hehehehe. Don't buy from a unknown person?????
carwanted, suggest you take a friend along who knows his cars.
Online they recommend to check the muffler - you need to know what that is. Btw it is not a type of scarf or something you wear around your ears when it is cold.
My car has the battery in the boot (not footwear) and "dicky" is not a term widely used. If you didn't know this - you'd say that my car does not even have a battery!!!!
DONT BUY USED CARSDONT BUY FROM THE NEW PERSON WHOM YOU SEEING 1ST TIMETRY TO BUY FROM YOUR FRIENDS WHO PLAN TO CHANGE MODELCHECK WEL TRAFFIC VOILATION OF THIS CAR NUMBER INSURANCEGO TRIAL WITH A EXPECT MECHANIC IF HE IS YOUR GOOD FREINDIN GARAGE THEY CAN STOP ALL THE UNWANTED NOISES TEMPORARLYJUST FROM 1 TRIAL DRIVE YOU CANT FIND ANY PROBLEM FROM THE CARBETTER BUY A NEW CAR
traffic dept. will automatically check the violations/fines during the transfer of ownership/registration...
Also traffic fines.
check for leaks, tires, test drive it, check if there are unusual sound or noise or vibrations... but since you're not familiar with this, i would suggest you to bring a mechanic with you when checking a used car...
engine , gear , any dents on the car body etc etc
German or any other computer testing Garages
This was discussed a couple of months back...just run a search and you may get all the info. The most important one would be the car condition which you may get done at some inspection shops (the search would get you the details of such shops too)... all the best.